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ArticleClinical case reports2024

EBV-associated CNS infection in an immunocompetent adult: A case report and literature review.

Gwyn Srifuengfung, Pichatorn Suppakitjanusant, Nattanicha Chaisrimaneepan

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gwyn SrifuengfungDepartment of Neurology Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas USA.
Pichatorn SuppakitjanusantDepartment of Neurology Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas USA.
Nattanicha ChaisrimaneepanDepartment of Medicine Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3183-7853
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EBV infections rarely cause CNS involvement. For young adult patients with suspected CNS infection, bacterial and other common viral infections should be excluded first and treated empirically until proven otherwise. Challenges in diagnosing EBV-associated CNS infection, emphasizing the role of CSF PCR in confirming the diagnosis.

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altered mental statusaseptic meningitisCNS infectionCSF PCREpstein–Barr virusviral encephalitis

Identifiers

PMID38444918
PMCPMC10912102
OpenAlexW4392466927

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